To redesignate the Department of the Navy
as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.

1.

REDESIGNATION OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AS THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

(a)

Redesignation of
Military Department

The
military department designated as the Department of the Navy is redesignated as
the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.

(b)

Redesignation of
Secretary and Other Statutory Offices

(1)

Secretary

The position of the Secretary of the Navy
is redesignated as the Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps.

(2)

Other statutory
offices

The positions of the
Under Secretary of the Navy, the four Assistant Secretaries of the Navy, and
the General Counsel of the Department of the Navy are redesignated as the Under
Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps, the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy
and Marine Corps, and the General Counsel of the Department of the Navy and
Marine Corps, respectively.

2.

CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE

(a)

Definition of
Military Department

Paragraph (8) of
section
101(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:

(8)

The term military department
means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps,
and the Department of the Air
Force.

.

(b)

Organization of
Department

The text of
section 5011 of such title is amended to read as follows: The Department
of the Navy and Marine Corps is separately organized under the Secretary of the
Navy and Marine Corps..

(c)

Position of
Secretary

Section 5013(a)(1)
of such title is amended by striking There is a Secretary of the
Navy and inserting There is a Secretary of the Navy and Marine
Corps.

(d)

Chapter
Headings

(1)

The heading of chapter 503 of such title is
amended to read as follows:

503

DEPARTMENT OF
THE NAVY AND MARINE
CORPS

.

(2)

The heading of chapter 507 of such title is
amended to read as follows:

507

COMPOSITION OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND MARINE
CORPS

.

(e)

Other
Amendments

(1)

Title 10, United States Code, is amended by
striking Department of the Navy and Secretary of the
Navy each place they appear other than as specified in subsections (a),
(b), (c), and (d) (including in section headings, subsection captions, tables
of chapters, and tables of sections) and inserting Department of the
Navy and Marine Corps and Secretary of the Navy and Marine
Corps, respectively, in each case with the matter inserted to be in the
same typeface and typestyle as the matter stricken.

(2)(A)

Sections 5013(f), 5014(b)(2), 5016(a),
5017(2), 5032(a), and 5042(a) of such title are amended by striking
Assistant Secretaries of the Navy and inserting Assistant
Secretaries of the Navy and Marine Corps.

(B)

The heading of section 5016 of such title,
and the item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning
of chapter 503 of such title, are each amended by inserting and Marine
Corps after of the Navy, with the matter inserted in
each case to be in the same typeface and typestyle as the matter
amended.

3.

OTHER PROVISIONS
OF LAW AND OTHER REFERENCES

(a)

Title 37, United
States Code

Title 37, United
States Code, is amended by striking Department of the Navy and
Secretary of the Navy each place they appear and inserting
Department of the Navy and Marine Corps and Secretary of
the Navy and Marine Corps, respectively.

(b)

Other
References

Any reference in
any law other than in title 10 or title 37, United States Code, or in any
regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States, to the
Department of the Navy shall be considered to be a reference to the Department
of the Navy and Marine Corps. Any such reference to an office specified in
section 2(b) shall be considered to be a reference to that officer as
redesignated by that section.

4.

EFFECTIVE
DATE

This Act and the amendments made by this
Act shall take effect on the first day of the first month beginning more than
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.